Malignant Cardiac Tamponade from Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Case Series from the Era of Molecular Targeted Therapy

Malignant Cardiac Tamponade from Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Case Series from the Era of Molecular Targeted Therapy

Cardiac tamponade complicating malignant pericardial effusion from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is generally associated with extremely poor prognosis. With improved systemic chemotherapy and molecular targeted therapy for NSCLC in recent years, the prognosis of such patients and the value of i...

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Main Authors: Bob T. Li, Antonia Pearson, Nick Pavlakis, David Bell, Adrian Lee, David Chan, Michael Harden, Manu Mathur, David Marshman, Peter Brady, Stephen Clarke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-12-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
lung cancer
cardiac metastasis
pericardial effusion
pericardial window techniques
pericardiocentesis
chemotherapy
palliative therapy
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/4/1/75

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